BioForward, Tuesday 24 September 2024
New Venue: Oxford Technology Park
BioForward is OBN's 'Roadmap for Growth' Life Sciences event, designed to provide the support, skills, know-how and industry connections required to catalyse the growth of your company.
Now in its sixth year, BioForward is attended by leaders and decision makers of growing R&D companies across all therapy and technological areas, alongside companies who provide the specialist services, products, advice and expertise essential for all companies as they grow.
BioForward Features:
- An Industry exhibition showcasing 50 trusted industry suppliers across: Pre-clinical and clinical development, IP, tax & financial management, regulatory compliance, insurance, facilities, location management, manufacturing, lab supplies, communications, sales & marketing, business development, new technology, consultancy, HR & talent
- Access to a full day of targeted workshop sessions designed to share knowledge on key topics impacting R&D SMEs:
The importance of 'Learning & Development' for growing teams
What SMEs should consider when choosing a location
Getting your company story right from the start
Building strong financial foundations to successfully navigate your fundraise
An essential guide to insuring your growing R&D SME
Partnering with the right manufacturer to accelerate your research
Accelerating growth through collaboration with the right industry partners
Leveraging IP to impact your business growth
- A full day of pre-scheduled, in-person 1-2-1 partnering meetings powered by PartneringONE
- Plenty of formal and informal networking opportunities throughout the day
➡ View a short clip of our previous BioForward conference here, and see what it's all about!
Who should attend?
BioForward is targeted at two audience segments:
- Growing life sciences R&D companies
- High-quality life sciences service providers keen to interact with the R&D community
Ticket Type & Price*:
R&D Companies: first company ticket is complimentary
R&D Additional ticket: £80 + VAT
Non-R&D (OBN Member): £350 + VAT
Non-R&D (Non Member): £450 + VAT
Emerging Academic Entrepreneurs: Complimentary tickets are also available for entrepreneurial life sciences PhD or DPhil Students.
*Prices shown do not include VAT (at 20%)
All tickets include access to the exhibition, partnering, networking, catering and the drinks reception.
Click here to book
Exhibiting & Sponsoring BioForward:
BioForward provides industry sponsors and exhibitors a highly valued, targeted and effective platform from which to showcase their company to a large and engaged audience of emerging R&D companies and fellow service providers across the life sciences industry.
Exhibition stands can be booked and paid for online here
Click here for full package details and prices.
About our new venue, Oxford Technology Park
We are delighted that BioForward will be hosted in a brand-new space for 2024 – Life Science REIT's Oxford Technology Park. We will take a whole floor of one of the Tech Boxes, designed to provide state of the art office and advanced R&D laboratory space, and accommodate Oxford's rapidly growing life science ecosystem. The Tech Boxes, ranging from 22,635 sq.ft to 45,580 sq.ft offer flexible space suitable for a variety of R&D, Laboratory, Office and Production uses, and a perfect home for OBN's BioForward one-day conference as well!
